Google Name Origin
/GOO-guhl/-
American (Global) 70%
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South Korean (Korean) 20%
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Chinese (Han Chinese) 10%
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Name Details
- First Name: Google
- Last Name: N/A
- Name Order: Eastern
- Gender: Other
Name Origin
The name 'Google' originates from a misspelling of 'googol,' a mathematical term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros, coined by Milton Sirotta. It was adopted as the company's name to signify the vast amount of information the search engine could handle.
Name Trends
This chart shows how many babies were given the name Google each year, based on data from the U.S. Government's Social Security Administration (SSA).